# 119-hr-2870: Working Families Flexibility Act of 2025

119-hr-2870, Working Families Flexibility Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Miller, Mary E. [R-IL-15] (R-IL); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-24).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-2870
- Congress: 119
- Title: Working Families Flexibility Act of 2025
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-04-10
- Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Mary E. [R-IL-15] (R-IL)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Labor and Employment
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-24

## Summary

**Create a private-sector compensatory time option in lieu of overtime pay.** This bill would add a new subsection to the Fair Labor Standards Act to create a five-year option letting eligible private-sector employees receive compensatory time off instead of monetary overtime at a rate of 1.5 hours of comp time for each overtime hour worked. - Workers: Non-public-agency employees who have worked at least 1,000 hours for the same employer in a 12-month period may opt in by collective bargaining or a written, verifiable, voluntary pre-performance agreement. They can accrue up to 160 hours of compensatory time and must be paid for unused time at termination at the higher of the rate when earned or the final regular rate. - Employers: For each covered period employers must pay unused compensatory time within 31 days after the period ends. Employers may end the compensatory time option with at least 30 days notice and must pay accrued but unused time when they do. - Agreements and protections: The option is available only under a collective bargaining agreement or a written voluntary agreement. Employees can withdraw or request pay for accrued comp time and employers are prohibited from intimidating, threatening, or coercing workers for choosing or declining compensatory time.

## Provisions PRIA read

- Comp time option for private workers: mixed, medium. If enacted, this bill would let eligible private-sector employees choose compensatory time off instead of overtime pay for five years. You would earn 1.5 hours of comp time per overtime hour. To qualify you could not be a public-agency employee. You must have worked at least 1,000 hours for the emp…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1915: Stop the Cartels Act
- 119-hr-687: MERIT Act of 2025
- 119-hr-8206: Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026
- 119-hr-4706: Protecting Our Farms and Homes from China Act
- 119-hr-2282: Respect Parents’ Childcare Choices Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-2870 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2870)

## Related
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-1915: Stop the Cartels Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1915)
- [119-hr-687: MERIT Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-687)
- [119-hr-8206: Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8206)
- [119-hr-4706: Protecting Our Farms and Homes from China Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4706)
- [119-hr-2282: Respect Parents’ Childcare Choices Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2282)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2870 (as of 2026-10-24).